Dr. Fauci says that's what happens if you combine the blows of Moderna and Pfizer
Paste to a single brand may not be the most important thing when it comes to being vaccinated.
If you have chosen to get the moderna orPfizer Covid Vaccinesyou can expect to receiveTwo doses Spaced with three to four weeks apart. And although most people will receive two doses of the same brand, others can end up in a rare situation that requires a mixture and correspondence of both. In January, the disease control and prevention centers (CDC)Update of its recommendations To allow this unusual scenario, a decision if someone does not know their first type of dose, or if the same type is not available for a second dose, the vaccination sites can make a pair of photos of Moderna and From Pfizer to complete the series of vaccines.
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However, the determination of the CDC leaves some unanswered questions - including if the mixture of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines could trigger additional items.Side effects or change the efficiency of vaccines. White House Counselor CovidAnthony Fauci, MD, appeared on a recent episode ofJimmy Kimmel live on the grounds of these questions and more.
"They are at the same time the same type of vaccines, they are both vaccines against the mRNA," says Fauci, referring to theCOVIDS OF MODERNA AND PFIZER. "We recommend that you get the same type, but if we are not available, we feel that there is really no major difference as long as they are the same type," A-T -He explained, adding: "If you started with one and finished on the other, you should be in good shape and get a good answer." In other words, there is currently no evidence to suggest that The mixture of the two will put you at additional risks or more lowering your levels of protection.
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The researchers simply begin only to formally investigate the impact of the combination of vaccines, but many hope that this practice can not only be sure, but could increase a person's immune response. This week, a team of U.K. revealed that they were studying if a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine is associated with amonitoring dose The anti-Pfizer vaccine could confer greater protection against Covid than the AstraZeneca vaccine alone.
"There is absolutely a possibility - and I think it's a really exciting possibility that if youCombine these two different vaccines You can expand this immune response. You can strengthen this immune response "Helen Fletcher, PhD, Professor of Immunology at the London School of Hygiene and tropical medicine told ABC News.
However, careful experts, until there is a solid set of conclusive data on the vaccine mixture, it is important to respectCURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS. "From a regulatory perspective, strictly speaking, any combination of two vaccines should first be tested in a clinical trial. The purpose of this will be to ensure that this combination is safe and that the benefits they bring to far away from the potential security concerns, "explainedPULENDRAN BALI, PhD, an immunologist in Stanford.
Thus, if two doses of the same vaccine are available for you, the CDC always says that you should do "all the efforts" to complete your series of vaccines with a single brand. However, as will tell you that we will tell you, it is correct to combine doses of moderna and pfizer if the choice is between a different picture of mRNA and no second photo at all, or get your second blow outside the calendar recommended.
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